Good advice, MIR. I avoid the "drinking scene" for lots of reasons. I guess the main one is that it's not my scene anymore. You wouldn't go to a theater if you didn't want to see a movie so why go to a place where drinking will be the centerpiece of the evening if you don't want to drink? I don't really enjoy the company of drunk either now that I'm sober.
But the last reason is that I don't want to tempt fate. Sobriety has become my 'new normal' and the default way I live my life. Still, I'd be lying if I said the Beast has been slain. It's not dead, just chained and caged. Make no mistake, I'm not opening the door! But the AV/Beast will always be there, dormant, just underneath the surface. If good fences make good neighbors than avoiding places and situations that focus on drinking make good sober people.
Remember the old joke-
I can resist anything except temptation!